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Drunken Angel

Runtime
1hr 42mins
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Featuring
Toshirô Mifune,
Takashi Shimura,
Reizaburô Yamamoto
Film Language
in Japanese with English subtitles
Body

In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tubercular criminal who strikes up an unlikely relationship with Takashi Shimura's jaded physician.

Set in and around the muddy swamps and back alleys of postwar Tokyo, Drunken Angel is an evocative, moody snapshot of a treacherous time and place, featuring one of the director's most memorably violent climaxes. - Criterion Collection

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